Luggage carrier



Patented dan. 9, i923.

ittlit VICTOR C. JOHNSON, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

LUGGAGE Application filed June 1'?,

To @ZZ whom tf/nayl benoemt:

`Beit Lknown that l, Vieron donnees, a citizen et the United States, residing at L Angeles., in the county oi `Los ifingeles and tritate o t Californiayiiafve invented new and use'i'ulflrnprovements in Luggage Carriers5 ot .wliicii the tollowing is a specification.

My invention is aluggage'carrier particularly applicable to the running board ot automobiles for carrying luggage on tberunning board.

lllie main objectof myinvention isto providea luggagecarrier'wliicli vmay be mounted ontlie running board of an automobile to be swung up alongthe outsideot' `the running board and detacliably secured to the tenders in vposition -iter use, fand `detached from tlie tenders and swung under the running board and secured `in suoli position when it isnot desired to use the carrier.

@tirer yobjects will yappear liereinatter.

My invention `consists in the Yeadcures otv eonstrillction7 combination ot' elements and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and illustiated in lthe annexed drawing` forming a part oi ithis specification, in which:

liigurel is a perspective view of my luggage carrier .mounted on the running board ot an automobile with the sliding trame drawn up along the outside ot' the running board and detachably secured to the tenders in position i'or use.

Figure 2 is a cross section ot my luggage carrier mounted on the running board ot' an automobile with the sliding frame shown in full lines swung up along the outside ot the running board in position for use and shown in dotted lines swung under the ruiming board and secured in such position out of use. i l y Figure 8 is a perspective view oit one of the connecting elements for connecting the encs of the sliding frame to the automobile fenders.

My luggage carrier includes a pair ot supports l secured to the under side ot' tlie running board ot an automobile near the ends tliereot respectively and a sliding 'trame 2 sldably mounted on said supports so that it may be drawn outwardly and up along' tlie outside of the running board in-position for use or moved under the running board out of use. Each of tlie supports l includes a flat metal strip 3 secured to the under side o'f the running board transversely thereof by CARRIER.

1920. Serial No. 389,695.

bolts `and track rail 5 extending .under said strip and bent upwardly and riveted `at its ends in the ends `ot said1strip,-said track rail extending `downwardly at a slight inclination from its inner to itsouter end, and tl'ie inner end'oi die strip 3 extendingdownwardly at a slight angle. .Spring arms and ,7 are bent downwardly from the strip ,8 at `one side fiereof?` the arm-@being bent from the strip i near tbe outer end, and tlie arm being bent downwardly from said strip rearwardly oi tlie arm `t3 at aslight rearward. inciination. llhefarm 6 is bentn tli'e storm or' latch `Sat, its vlower end, and tlie llower end of the arm 7 iscurved ,rear wardly and slightly upwardly. 'lille sliding frame 2 includes a pair ot longitudinal rails Sand a pairioiitransversal yrails l0 secured to the longitudinal rails by rivets il. The upper end oit the transversey rails l0 do `not extend above theupper railsl but tlielower portion `et tiieytransverse rails l0 extends below tlie lower longitudinal rails) and the lower ends l2 of said transverse rails are bentinwardly at right anglesto said rails andarefslidably mounted on the traclrrails ot t ie supports l; .said ends `i2 being provided with an ailierture 13 through which said track rails 5 entend. Extensions l5 are mounted on die ends et tlie longitudinal rails 9 to slide longitudinally thereof by means ot' lugs li bent transversely from the ends oit tlie rails 9 around tlie outside of the ei;- tensions l5.7 and lugs 17 bent transversely vfrom tlie inner end et tlie extensions i5 around the inside oi1 the rails 9. The outer end ot' the extensions l5 are bent in the forni ot inwardly extending books i9 tor engaging tlle edge oit the automobile tenders. Clamps 2O are slidably mounted on the enA tensions lbeyond the ends of the rails 9; said clamps eacli including a plate 2l slidably mounted on the inside of un extension l5 by means ot lugs 22 bent transversely from the outer end ot said plate around the outside ot the extension, an inwardly extending clamping member 23 and a locking lever 24 pivoted in knuckles 25 on the inner end ot the plate 2l by a pivot 26, a cam 27 being formed on the pivote/l end oit said locking lever for engaging the inner tace of the ei;- tensions when the locking lever is swung inwardly whereby 'the' plate 2l is locked at different clamping positions on the eXtensions.

Normally the trame Qrests under the running board in the `position shown in' dotted lines in Figure 2, in which position the rear ends 12 of the transverse rails l() engages the rear ends of the strip 3V and track rails 5, the ylatches 8 of the arms 6 engages the forward edge of the outer longitudinal rails 9, and the spring arms 7 engages the inner longitudinal rails 9;. the arms 6 holding the forward side of the ytrame 2 upwardly and holding the frame in position under the running board with the inner ends 12 of the rails l0 in engagementfwith the inner end of the strip 3 and traclr, and the spring arms 7 holding the ends l2 iirmly upon the track rails 5 and preventing rattling of the engaging-parts of the support land the frame 2.

When it is desired to use the carrier, the arm 6 is swung outwardly disengaging the latch 8 from the outer longitudinal rail 9 and disengaging the inner end of the arm 7 from the inner longitudinal rail 9; the frame 2 vis then drawn outwardly and upwardly on the track rails 5 alongside and above the outside of' the running board of the automobile; the extensions l5 are drawn outwardly into engagement with the outer edge of the automobile fenders; the :clamps 2O are then `moved. outwardly along the extensions 15 until the clamping members 23V engage the inner edge ont the fenders; and the looking levers 2li are swung inwardly so that the cams 27 engage the inner face of the extensions l5 and locking the clamping plates 2l on the extensions l5 with the hooks and the clamping members 23 clamping the outerand inner edges of the fenders, thus yclamping the trame 2 to the fenders alongside the runnin@A board 1n Josition tor use. l' b 1 l lhe luggage placed on the running board 1s 'held thereon by means of the frame 2.

lVhen it is desired not to use the carrier the clamps 2G are moved inwardly on the extensions l5, the hooks 19 or" the extensions 15 are vdisengaged from the fenders; the irame swung outwardly and downwardly and moved inwardly on the rails 5 under the running board and secured in position under the runningboard by the arms 6 and held against .rattling by the arms 7, as seen in dotted lines .in Figure 2. Y, i

My luggagel carrier is simple in construetion, durable, may be manufactured and sold at a low oost, and may be applied to the running board oit anyautomobile.

I claim: @a luggage carrier, comprising a pair of plates adapted to be attached to the underside of a running board, a rod onxeach of said plates 'forming slide rails having upturned'orward end portions, a pair of bars adapted to beV positioned vertically having their lower end portions bent and formed with apertures slidably engaging the slide bars, slats pivotally connecting said bent bars, means for detachably holding said slats and bent bars in a vertical position; said bent bars being adapted to be slid longitudinally of the guide bars to assume a horizontal position beneath the. running board, and means for holding the panel formed by the bent bar and slats in its horizontal position.

vieron o. Jorinson.y 

